Northern Ireland female part-time jobs: all industries
Northern Ireland female part-time jobs: all industries stood at 209,290 jobs in Q2 2026, according to Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA). It is one of the indicators in the Jobs by industry and sector table (Value · Quarterly), with a complete series running from Q1 1993 to Q2 2026. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Jobs by industry and sector table
| Indicator | Q2-2026 | Q1-2026 | Q4-2025 | Q3-2025 | Q2-2025 | Q1-2025 | Q4-2024 | Q3-2024 | Q2-2024 | Q1-2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female part-time | |||||||||||
| All industries | 209,290 | 205,430 | 206,100 | 201,060 | 201,980 | 202,040 | 203,670 | 202,070 | 197,890 | 196,460 | |
| Manufacturing | 4,580 | 4,340 | 4,130 | 4,060 | 4,470 | 4,440 | 4,390 | 4,310 | 4,270 | 4,160 |
Understanding northern Ireland female part-time jobs: all industries
Part-time employee roles held by women across every industrial sector in Northern Ireland are aggregated in this metric. It tallies female staff whose contracted working hours fall below the standard full-time threshold, spanning retail, manufacturing, construction, and public administration without sectoral filtering. By pooling all industries, it contrasts directly with narrow sectoral subsets, providing a total baseline for female part-time labour across the regional economy.
Seasonality heavily influences this measure, particularly around winter holiday retail surges and academic term shifts, making period-on-period comparisons misleading. Analysts should rely on four-quarter comparisons to evaluate underlying shifts. Revisions frequently occur as firms update their returns, and researchers must distinguish employee headcounts from full-time equivalent measures when evaluating total labour input.
Frequently asked questions
- Which industries are included in this metric?
- All industrial sectors across Northern Ireland are included, spanning services, manufacturing, construction, and primary production.
- How are part-time hours defined for this count?
- Part-time refers to employee positions with contracted weekly hours below the standard full-time threshold.
- Why is year-on-year comparison preferred over quarter-on-quarter?
- Seasonal hiring patterns in retail and education create large regular quarterly swings that obscure underlying structural trends.